Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 95164

Heart Diseases: Women

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025

Question

Afzal Khan

LabourManchester Rusholme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve public confidence in performing CPR on women experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
NHS England runs training sessions on first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of defibrillators both in the community and in schools, under the Restart a Heart programme. This training should help to increase confidence in performing C...

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